spirituality

英 [,spɪrɪtjʊ'ælətɪ] 美 [,spɪrɪtʃu'æləti]

spirituality (n.): early 15c., "the clergy," also "ecclesiastical property; things pertaining to the Church," from Middle French spiritualite, from Late Latin spiritualitatem (nominative spiritualitas), from Latin spiritualis (see spiritual). Meaning "quality of being spiritual" is from c. 1500; seldom-used sense of "fact or condition of being a spirit" is from 1680s. An earlier form was spiritualty (late 14c.).

English is blessed with multiple variant forms of many words. But it has made scant use of them; for every pair historic/historical; realty/reality, or luxuriant/luxurious there is a spiritualty/spirituality or a specialty/speciality, with two distinct forms, two senses requiring differentiation, hundreds of years gone by, and but little progress made in in sorting them out.

1. She displays none of the sanctimoniousness often associated with spirituality.: 在她身上丝毫未见圣职人员常有的那种故作虔诚。

2. This type of music has a negitive influence on our spirituality.: 这种音乐对我们的灵性有负面的影响.

3. We human are creature of spirituality living with meaning.: 我们人类是生活在有意义的精神领域里.

4. This is not the first time that scientists have investigated spirituality.: 这不是科学家首次研究灵性.

5. In my eyes , wisdom and spirituality are more important.: 祝愿其和更多人也包括自己能在有生之年达到上善若水的境界.